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Axios reports: The new tariff rates President Trump announced late Thursday are the highest in nearly a century and will cost the average family about $2,400 this year, the Yale Budget Lab said. Combined with the surprisingly weak jobs report Friday morning, it’s the latest sign that American households face a much more difficult economy in the months to come. …

CHARLES PAYNE: “I think this is more about the Federal Reserve. Again, we got a bifurcated economy. The Fed is — they have a regressive approach here, right? They’re trying to still clamp down on this economy, but it’s not working. It’s hurting 70% of the folks out there. Look at delinquencies. Look at all of the things that are …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump is once again pushing the widely disputed claim that Barack Obama attempted to stage a “coup” after the 2016 election, and insists those involved “must pay.” In a flurry of posts on Truth Social, the president has returned to his familiar playbook of trying to distract his MAGA base from the ongoing fallout …

Bloomberg News reports: We know from news reports that Trump’s name was in the Epstein files. But what hasn’t been reported is that an FBI FOIA team redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak with the media. That team, tasked with …

The Meidas Touch report: At Turning Point USA’s BLEXIT Liberation Show in Tampa, pro-Trump speaker and former Republican House candidate Vince E. Ellison delivered a chilling speech filled with violent and dehumanizing rhetoric. Addressing supporters of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Ellison, who spoke after GOP Representative Nancy Mace, declared, “You are inferior. Yeah, you need it. I don’t need …

Gothamist reports: Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found. Gothamist reviewed signatures submitted from across New York City and found people who said their names were forged, as well as people who said they were …

The Washington Examiner reports: President Donald Trump on Friday called on Senate Republicans to stay in session instead of taking a monthlong recess in order to confirm his nominees, who require confirmation from the upper chamber. Of the estimated 1,300 nominees requiring Senate confirmation, more than 160 nominees are ready for a vote. The massive backlog of nominees comes just …

The Hill reports: The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History removed an exhibit this month referencing President Trump’s two impeachments, according to the institution’s spokesperson — drawing fire from Democratic Party lawmakers. The decision, part of an internal content review the museum agreed to participate in, came after facing pressure from the Trump administration to ax its art museum …

CTV News reports: Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 35 per cent tariffs are disappointing but that Canada will continue to develop trade both domestically and overseas in response. “While we will continue to negotiate with the United States on our trading relationship, the Canadian government is laser focused on what we can control: building Canada …

The New York Times reports: The Trump-era special counsel who scoured the Russia investigation for wrongdoing gathered evidence that undermines a theory pushed by some Republicans that Hillary Clinton’s campaign conspired to frame Donald J. Trump for colluding with Moscow in the 2016 election, information declassified on Thursday shows. The information, a 29-page annex to the special counsel’s 2023 report, …